6 Reasons to Learn Krav Maga
Krav Maga, translating as Contact Battle, is a type of Israeli martial art which is gradually gaining popularity across the world. It is also called street fighting and it can be learnt by anybody. It has been used by the defence forces in Israel from a long time. Here are a few reasons why you should learn Krav Maga too.
1. It is useful in daily life
It is common for people, especially women, to face many vulnerable situations in everyday life. This includes using public transport at late night, dealing with a stalker or being considered to be the weaker gender. Krav Maga will teach you self-defense techniques which you can use in everyday life. One of the most basic principles of this marital art is to neutralize the opponent with strikes, blows and punches in sensitive areas to end the fight as soon as possible. Wouldn’t this be much more effective than carrying pepper spray in your bag?
2. Anybody can learn it
One of the best things about Krav Maga is that anyone can learn it. You don’t need to an athlete, sportsperson or fitness expert. You do not need to fulfil prerequisites of having certain weight or fitness levels. You are also not required to come with a certain amount of body flexibility. Krav Maga is a marital art which will train you to do all these things as you learn it. Another reason why anybody can learn Krav Maga is that most of its techniques are intuitive, which means that they build on the natural instincts that you would display when confronted physically.
3. The best of all worlds
Krav Maga is known to be a combination of techniques and moves from other martial arts including Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Wing Chun and a few others. It was developed by an Israeli martial artist with a background of boxing and wrestling. He is known to have combined counter attacking and neutralizing techniques from a few marital art systems to form Krav Maga. You don’t have a reason to worry if you don’t know any other martial art, as long as you know Krav Maga.
